# C++ keyword: `break`

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### Usage

- `break` statement: as the declaration of the statement

### Example

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    #include <iostream>

    int main() noexcept
    {
        for (int i{0}; i < 69; ++i)
        {
            if (i == 3) [[unlikely]]
                break; // breaks from the 'for' loop
            std::cout << i;
        }
    }

Output:

    012

### See also

- `if` statement: `if`, `else`

`constexpr` `if` statement: `constexpr` (`constexpr` `if` statement) | (since C++17)
`consteval` `if` statement: `consteval` (`consteval` `if` statement) | (since C++23)

- `switch` statement: `switch`, `case`
- `default` (as case label declaration) etc: `default`
- `goto` statement: `goto`
- `continue` statement: `continue`

- `return` statement: `return`

`co_return` statement (return from a coroutine): `co_return` | (since C++20)

- `do-while` loop and `while` loop: `do`, `while`
- `for` loop and range-based `for` loop: `for`

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